Costumed women in shriner Arabian Nights' pageant, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Title: Costumed women in shriner Arabian Nights' pageant, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935
Date Created: October 20, 1935
Date: 1935-10-20
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Seven women, in ancient Arabian-style wear, pose against a similarly-styled backdrop with a vase. The women were part of a pageant hosted by shriners of the Al Malaikah Shrine Temple in Los Angeles. The pageant's theme was One Thousand and One Nights. The photo was most likely taken at the Coliseum.
Related to article, "Shrine's Arabian Nights Show Fills Coliseum" [Los Angeles Times, October 22, 1935]
Caption: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2650-- Shrine Circus, 10-20-35, [stamped:] 10-20-35
Handwritten on nitrate negative: Shrine Benefit, 10-20-35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Al Malaikah Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.013606
Latitude: -118.28747
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Pageants--California--Los Angeles
Fraternal Organizations--California--Los Angeles
Costumes

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9163
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dh5tm
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Rights Country: US
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